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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
John G Hardt, Sylvania, OH (US);
Dennis W Shea, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 50 ; 192 4892 ; 74650 ; 7466 / ;
Abstract
A non-differential drive axle which utilizes a pair of bi-directional overunning clutches. The axle includes a housing within which a gear support is rotatably journalled. An intermediate shaft is connected to a gear support and is rotatably journalled at one end in the housing. The axle includes a pair of output shafts, one of which can be connected to the gear support for conjoint rotation by one of the overrunning clutches. The other output shaft can be connected to the intermediate shaft for conjoint rotation by the other overrunning clutch.